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June 17, 2025 Industry News NeoSmelt Welcomes Federal Government Support & Two New Partners NeoSmelt, a consortium of leading resources, energy and manufacturing companies working on ways to produce lower-emissions steel from Pilbara iron ore, welcomes Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) support for its planned Western Australian pilot plant. The consortium, founded by BlueScope, BHP […]
June 19, 2025 Steel Market Summary – Australia Whyalla Fights For Survival As GFG Spirals The South Australian Government has set aside another $384 million in the next financial year to keep the Whyalla Steelworks operational. The extra money has been allocated on the basis that the federal government will cover half the cost, according […]
June 6, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto And China Baowu Group Open Western Range Iron Ore Mine Rio Tinto has officially opened its newest iron ore mine, Western Range. The Western Australia Premier, Roger Cook, and Federal Resources Minister, Madeleine King, joined Yinhawangka traditional owners plus senior representatives from Rio Tinto and joint venture partner […]
May 16, 2025 Industry News Fletcher Building Announces Divisional Restructuring Fletcher Building has announced that, coming out of its ongoing strategic review, its Australian Division will be dis-established as a standalone division, with its operating businesses integrated into two new trans-Tasman divisions: Light Building Products: includes most of Fletcher Building’s New Zealand building products businesses (Comfortech, […]
June 6, 2025 Steel Market Summary – International World Reacts As Trump Raises Tariffs To 50% Steel industry leaders and governments around the world have reacted with predictable dismay to the decision by Donald Trump to raise the tariffs on steel and aluminium imports into the United States to 50%. The increase took effect on […]
June 6, 2025 New Zealand News Subdued Mood Continues Across NZ Steel Industry The Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) says the country´s construction sector remained subdued with low activity levels persisting through the first quarter of 2025. Large, publicly-funded infrastructure investment will hereafter shape the sector’s fortunes, and the current narrow pipeline of […]
June 6, 2025 Steel Market Summary – Australia Local Fabricators Rally Against Imported Steel An existing problem for Australian steel fabricators has been made worse by Donald Trump´s decision to double tariffs to 50% on steel and aluminium being imported into the United States. By raising the barrier to entry from June 4 onwards, Trump […]
May 18, 2025 Steel Market Summary – Australia Local Steel Fabricators Under Foreign Pressure The Australian Steel Institute (ASI) says it´s working with state and federal governments to support Australian steel fabricators and manufacturers who have been undercut by a surge in low-priced, imported fabricated steel. The action comes on the back of a 2024 […]
April 17, 2025 Press Release Record Iron Ore And Copper Production Show Resilience Of Business BHP has released its operational review for the nine months ended 31 March 2025. Commenting on the review, the company´s chief executive officer, Mike Henry, said: “BHP’s performance in the 2025 fiscal year (FY25) to date demonstrates the resilience of […]
April 29, 2025 Industry News Fortescue´s Record Nine Months Of Production And Shipments Fortescue has released its March 2025 Quarterly Production Report which gives details of the nine months leading to the end of the third quarter of the 2025 fiscal year (Q3 FY25). Dino Otranto, the chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals said, “We […]
